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ncaraway
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Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 6:28 am Post subject: Rewards or gifts for students? |
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cmp45
Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 1475 Location: KSA
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Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 9:09 am Post subject: |
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Praise for a job well done should be enough in itself; however we live in a very materialistic world... youngsters especially... like recieving "something" tangible. ... I think most of us like recieving something to take away when we win a at a competition.
I would recommend wrapping a number of small items and have the winner pick one as their prize for being the best. No need to be expensive ...cheap trinkets or things related to school would be nice. Wrapping them up also makes the gift special and creates an element of suprise.
Games where competition is involved usually have some sort of prize awarded...no? In my opinion, the participants usually expect something. |
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Glenski
Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN
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Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 11:53 am Post subject: |
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Consider the circumstances before offering anything tangible.
Age of students may be important
Previous level of their success
Overall significance of the activity or event
Type of reward (a grade/score, food, drink, certificate, plastic trophy, book coupon, etc.)
Students may come to expect something every time! Beware! They should be in it to learn, not take home a prize, IMO. |
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Sashadroogie
Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 11061 Location: Moskva, The Workers' Paradise
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Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 12:12 pm Post subject: |
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There's no prize to beat a modest hardback edition of Kapital. All my students who excelled received a copy gratefully. These days of course, with everything going digital, I usually award them with a little thumb-drive with a pdf file version.
http://content.csbs.utah.edu/~ehrbar/cap1.pdf |
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coledavis
Joined: 21 Jun 2003 Posts: 1838
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Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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Sashadroogie: Is a visit to the local collective farm a reward or a sanction? |
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Sashadroogie
Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 11061 Location: Moskva, The Workers' Paradise
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coledavis
Joined: 21 Jun 2003 Posts: 1838
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Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 2:04 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you, Sash, that was idyllic. Which reminds me: I was wandering through Lenin Square one morning this week and saw a group of elderly people underneath Vladimir Ilyich's stature. They also had a poster of the sainted Josef Vissarionovich, commonly known as the man of steel. He is so popular in the people's paradise. |
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